‘This open access book addresses an urgent issue on which little organized information exists. It reflects experience in Africa but is highly relevant to other fragile states as well.’ —Constantine Michalopoulos, John Hopkins University, USA and former Director of Economic Policy and Co-ordination at the World Bank. Fragile countries face a triple data challenge. Up-to-date information is needed to deal with rapidly changing circumstances and to design adequate responses. Yet, fragile countries are among the most data deprived, while collecting new information in such circumstances is very challenging. This open access book presents innovations in data collection developed with decision makers in fragile countries in mind. Looking at innovations in Africa from mobile phone surveys monitoring the Ebola crisis, to tracking displaced people in Mali, this collection highlights the challenges in data collection researchers face and how they can be overcome.
Author(s): Johannes Hoogeveen, Utz Pape
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 261
Tags: Development Economics, Data Collection, Fragile States, Africa
Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxi
Fragility and Innovations in Data Collection (Johannes Hoogeveen, Utz Pape)....Pages 1-12
Front Matter ....Pages 13-13
Monitoring the Ebola Crisis Using Mobile Phone Surveys (Alvin Etang, Kristen Himelein)....Pages 15-31
Rapid Emergency Response Survey (Utz Pape)....Pages 33-50
Tracking Displaced People in Mali (Alvin Etang, Johannes Hoogeveen)....Pages 51-62
Resident Enumerators for Continuous Monitoring (Andre-Marie Taptué, Johannes Hoogeveen)....Pages 63-82
A Local Development Index for the CAR and Mali (Mohamed Coulibaly, Johannes Hoogeveen, Roy Katayama, Gervais Chamberlin Yama)....Pages 83-99
Front Matter ....Pages 101-101
Methods of Geo-Spatial Sampling (Stephanie Eckman, Kristen Himelein)....Pages 103-128
Sampling for Representative Surveys of Displaced Populations (Ana Aguilera, Nandini Krishnan, Juan Muñoz, Flavio Russo Riva, Dhiraj Sharma, Tara Vishwanath)....Pages 129-151
Rapid Consumption Surveys (Utz Pape, Johan Mistiaen)....Pages 153-171
Studying Sensitive Topics in Fragile Contexts (Mohammad Isaqzadeh, Saad Gulzar, Jacob Shapiro)....Pages 173-192
Eliciting Accurate Consumption Responses from Vulnerable Populations (Lennart Kaplan, Utz Pape, James Walsh)....Pages 193-206
Front Matter ....Pages 207-207
Using Video Testimonials to Give a Voice to the Poor (Utz Pape)....Pages 209-213
Iterative Beneficiary Monitoring of Donor Projects (Johannes Hoogeveen, Andre-Marie Taptué)....Pages 215-234
Concluding Remarks: Data Collection in FCV Environments (Johannes Hoogeveen, Utz Pape)....Pages 235-239
Back Matter ....Pages 241-243
